{"id":339675,"date":"2017-04-29T23:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T15:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/29\/new-apple-park-drone-video\/"},"modified":"2017-04-29T23:15:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T15:15:38","slug":"new-apple-park-drone-video-shows-off-last-minute-construction-as-opening-draws-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/new-apple-park-drone-video-shows-off-last-minute-construction-as-opening-draws-near\/","title":{"rendered":"New Apple Park Drone Video Shows Off Last Minute Construction as Opening Draws Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drone videographer Matthew Roberts has posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrNk0Ymg6JeagiMSNAiBglg\">new video on his YouTube channel<\/a> this morning, covering the ongoing progress of construction at Apple&#8217;s soon-to-open campus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-park\/\">Apple Park<\/a>. A few weeks ago, Roberts posted what was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/03\/30\/apple-park-drone-update-final\/\">expected<\/a> to be the final update before Apple Park&#8217;s grand opening, but the campus still hasn&#8217;t opened its doors to employees with just a few days left in April.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/22\/apple-park-grand-opening-in-april\/\">officially announced the name<\/a> for Apple Park back in February, construction on the site has ramped up rapidly over the ensuing weeks. Today, solar panel installation on the roof of the central &#8220;Spaceship&#8221; building appears nearly complete, while the courtyard of the building is still seeing major construction related to the large pond and surrounding greenery.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFhcnzSmH-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Landscaping everywhere on the campus has been expanding over the past few weeks, so much so that Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/13\/apple-tree-buying-spree-causing-shortages\/\">caused tree shortages<\/a> for other companies in the area. In Roberts&#8217; newest video, it&#8217;s evident that there is still much time left for Apple&#8217;s landscaping to be finished, which will eventually end with 9,000 native and drought-resistant trees spread across the site.<\/p>\n<p>The continuation of landscaping, as well as construction on some of Apple Park&#8217;s auxiliary buildings, will continue into the summer, well after Apple moves the first employees into the main building. While some of the side buildings are complete &#8212; like the parking garage &#8212; a few still have a ways to go, including the new campus auditorium, which has been named the &#8220;Steve Jobs Theater&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/22\/apple-park-steve-jobs-theater\/\">honor of the late CEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once employees begin moving in, it&#8217;s estimated to take Apple around six months to move in all the workers coming to Apple Park, which will number about 13,000. Earlier in April, another well-known drone videographer, Duncan Sinfield, shared off a video of what Apple Park looks like when it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/19\/apple-park-at-night\/\">lit up at night<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone videographer Matthew Roberts has posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrNk0Ymg6JeagiMSNAiBglg\">new video on his YouTube channel<\/a> this morning, covering the ongoing progress of construction at Apple&#8217;s soon-to-open campus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-park\/\">Apple Park<\/a>. A few weeks ago, Roberts posted what was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/03\/30\/apple-park-drone-update-final\/\">expected<\/a> to be the final update before Apple Park&#8217;s grand opening, but the campus still hasn&#8217;t opened its doors to employees with just a few days left in April.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/22\/apple-park-grand-opening-in-april\/\">officially announced the name<\/a> for Apple Park back in February, construction on the site has ramped up rapidly over the ensuing weeks. Today, solar panel installation on the roof of the central &#8220;Spaceship&#8221; building appears nearly complete, while the courtyard of the building is still seeing major construction related to the large pond and surrounding greenery.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFhcnzSmH-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLandscaping everywhere on the campus has been expanding over the past few weeks, so much so that Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/13\/apple-tree-buying-spree-causing-shortages\/\">caused tree shortages<\/a> for other companies in the area. In Roberts&#8217; newest video, it&#8217;s evident that there is still much time left for Apple&#8217;s landscaping to be finished, which will eventually end with 9,000 native and drought-resistant trees spread across the site.<\/p>\n<p>The continuation of landscaping, as well as construction on some of Apple Park&#8217;s auxiliary buildings, will continue into the summer, well after Apple moves the first employees into the main building. While some of the side buildings are complete &#8212; like the parking garage &#8212; a few still have a ways to go, including the new campus auditorium, which has been named the &#8220;Steve Jobs Theater&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/22\/apple-park-steve-jobs-theater\/\">honor of the late CEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once employees begin moving in, it&#8217;s estimated to take Apple around six months to move in all the workers coming to Apple Park, which will number about 13,000. Earlier in April, another well-known drone videographer, Duncan Sinfield, shared off a video of what Apple Park looks like when it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/19\/apple-park-at-night\/\">lit up at night<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tag: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-park\/\">Apple Park<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/new-apple-park-drone-video.2043709\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=GGO7p5CtqtE:X15siVy-8CE:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=GGO7p5CtqtE:X15siVy-8CE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/GGO7p5CtqtE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-339675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}